Shabazz Palaces

Shabazz Palaces
Origin Seattle, Washington, USA
Genres Hip-Hop
Years active 2010–present
Labels Sub Pop
Website shabazzpalaces.com
Members
Ishmael Butler
Tendai Maraire

Shabazz Palaces are a Seattle-based hip-hop collective, led by Ishmael Butler aka 'Palaceer Lazaro' (once 'Butterfly' of Grammy award winning jazz-rap group Digable Planets) and multi-instrumentalist Tendai Maraire, son of Mbira master Dumisani Maraire.[1][2] The group anonymously self-released two EPs, Eagles Soar, Oil Flows and The Seven New (often referred to simply as Shabazz Palaces and Of Light) in 2009 before becoming the first hip-hop act to be signed to the Sub Pop label and releasing their debut full-length album, Black Up, in 2011. [3]

Black Up was listed #1 in Seattle Times music columnist Andrew Matson's "Local Top #10" of 2011.[4]

Contents

Discography

Studio Albums

Year Album details
2011 Black Up

EPs

Year Album details
2010 Of Light
2010 Shabazz Palaces

References

  1. ^ BBC - BBC 6 Music Programmes - Lauren Laverne, 27/09/2011
  2. ^ Video: 'The King's New Clothes...' on YTGVB | Rolling Stone
  3. ^ Shabazz Palaces - Black Up - Album Reviews at Undertheradar
  4. ^ Matson, Andrew (December 24, 2011). "Best pop music 2011: Seattle and beyond". Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/matsononmusic/2017084236_best_pop_music_2011_seattle_an.html?cmpid=2628. Retrieved December 24, 2011.